The president of the DMK and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M Karunanidhi, was readmitted to the Kauvery Hospital in Chennai on Thursday night following breathing difficulty due to heavy cold and lung infection. The 92-year-old leader underwent a tracheostomy procedure to optimise breathing, the Kauvery Hospital stated.

The ruling AIADMK Legislature Party meeting is now on at party headquarters in Chennai. Number two in the cabinet, O Panneerselvam, senior ministers, party functionaries, MLAs were attending the meeting, party sources said.

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who was said to be critical on Sunday night after suffering a cardiac arrest at a private hospital, continued to be on Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), a heart-assist device on Monday.

Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on October 21 visited the private hospital in Chennai where chief minister J Jayalalithaa was
undergoing treatment. This is his second visit to the hospital, since she was admitted on September 22.

Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's portfolios have been allocated to Finance minister O Panneerselvam, the Raj Bhavan announced on October 11 night. O Paneerselvam will also preside over cabinet meetings and arrangement has been made as per the advice of Jayalalithaa, the Raj Bhavan claimed in a release.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who made a sudden visit to the Chennai hospital where Tamil Nadu chief minister J
Jayalalithaa is undergoing treatment, said doctors had told him that she was recovering well and would be alright soon.

The latest bulletin has said that Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was being assisted with Nebulisation, a drug delivery device used to
administer medication in the form of a mist inhaled into the lungs. She continues to be on respiratory support.

For the first time since the hospitalisation of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Sept 22, the private hospital said she was "on
respiratory support" indicating that she was on ventilator support.

Dr. Richard John Beale, Consultant Intensivist at the London Bridge Hospital, has been drafted by the private hospital in Chennai to treat Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, giving an indication of the kind of ailment she suffers from. He visited the hospital on Friday to assess her condition, and continued to check on her on Saturday.

Tamil Nadu Vidyasagar Rao, who visited ailing TN chief minister J Jayalalithaa at a private hospital in Chennai on Oct 1, said she was
recovering well, and expressed satisfaction with the treatment being given to her by a team of doctors.

SRM Group Chairman and SRM University Chancellor TR Pachamuthu has been arrested by the Crime Branch of the Chennai
police. Over 100 students had said that they had paid money to get medical seats in SRM college, but were not admitted.

Velammal Matric Hr Secondary school at Mogappair in Chennai celebrated International Yoga Day. 4,001 school students took part in the celebrations on June 20, said the school Correspondent M V M Velmohan said in a communication.

Loved or hated, he remained for 50 years one of the most recognizable people on the planet. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali has passed away at the age of 74 at a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. Ali was fighting respiratory issues which were complicated by the Parkinson's disease that he was diagnosed with in the 1980s.